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No. M8334. PATBNTED APR. 17, 1906,V I. s. DBMENT @L E. L HULL.

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APPLICATION FILED MABTZQ, 1902. RENEWED DEO. 7. 1905.'

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REGISTER.

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No. 818,234, 4PA'ITJTID APR. l?, 1906.

No. 818,234. 'PATBNTBD @3.17.19 '3. 1. s. DBMBNT & P. J. HULL.

REGISTER.

PPLIcATIoN'HLED MAR.20. 1902. RENEWED DEG. 7. 1905.

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APPLIATION FILED MARZO, 1902. RBNBWED DB0. 7. 1905.

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UNITED sTAgEs PrENr oEEioE.

ISAACS. DEMENT, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW J ERSEY, .AND FOSTER J. HULL,

OF BROOKLYN, IEW YORK, ASSIGN ORS, BYlVIESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO AMERICAN MECHANICAL CASI-HER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

REGISTER Batented April 17, 1906.

Application filed March 20,1902. Renewed December '7, 1905. lSerial No. 230.751.

To all wmnzfi't may concern:

Be it .known that we, ISAAC S. DEMEN'T, residing at East Orange, Essex county, New Jersey, andV FOSTER J. HULL, residing at Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, citizens of the United States, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Registers, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates. to improvements in registers; and one of its objects is to provide for' carrying or accumulating from lower to higher denominations by the direct action of i an operating device on the registering device,

-which is to be moved so as to avoid the friction and uncertainty arising from operation `ofhigher-deiioininational devices through the lower ones.

A further object of the invention is to provide for establishing connection between the said operating means and the register devices whenever it is desired to operate the latter.

' vReferring' tothe accompanying drawings,

' which form apart of this specification, Figvure 1 is an end view of a register embodying our invention, part of the keyboard-frame being broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of t-he same, a part of the keyboard mechanism being removed and the register connecting osimechanisin being 'shown in operative ont tion; vFig. 3 is a vertical section from -to back. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the keyboard mechanism, register, and control- Y sition.

' view of aL resetting rack-bar.

ling devices. Fig. 5 isa vertical section of fthe keyboard mechanism on the line A A in Fig. 6 is a front view of the register' Fig.' 2. mechanism.. Figs. 7 and 8 are longitudinal sectional views on the line B B in Fig. 2 of the vcontrolling mechanism and the carrying'or 'accumulating devices therein. Fig. 9 is a plan view of aregister-operating shaft, and

Fig. 10is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 1.1'is a longitudinal-section of the register end 'of the highest-denomination shaft. Fig. 12

is a detail viewof atransmitting'ineans for an extra counting-wheel.v Fig..` 13 is a detail Fig. 14 is a plan view 'of an engagingv ,or connecting lmea-nsfor the register', 'shoi'ving'its normal po- Fig. 15 is an underysd vview of the Fig. `16".i a Ahorizontal resetting devices.

' section of the operating ineansrfojfthe register cut-off ordisengagngdevice. l.

Y "-5 The parts are mounted' on a. suitablleframe 1 and may be associated with-any suitable recording mechanism and, if desired, with a cash-changin inechanism.

A keyboar mechanism, comprising keys 2, tumblers 3, engaged by said keys, and slides 4, operated and locked by said tumblers, controls the release and arrest of sliding controller-bars@ which are driven in one directionby springs 6 and operated in the other direction by resetting means, the slides 4 be- 'ing arranged in groups corresponding to the denominational groups ofkeys and all the slidesy of each group en aging onefof the Serial No. 75,948, filed September 20, 1901.

Each controller-bar 5 has a. rack 9 (see Figs. 2 and 7) engaging a pinion 10 on a shaft 11, operating the register. This shaft is hollow and carries at its forward end a ratchet wheel or head 12, engaged by a pawl 13, sliding longitudinally in a loose head 14, sliding'on the register-shaft 15, which is in line with the shaft 11, a pin 14 on said head sliding in a hub on said shaft, so as-to cause these parts to turn together. The registerwheel 16 and its star-wheel 17 for causing accurate positioning thereof are fast on. shaft 15. Pawl 13 is pressed into engagement with ratchet-head 12.by a spring 13', and a spring 19 -normally presses the sliding head 14 away from the ratchet-head. Under cert-ain conditions, however, the head 14 is held toward Vthe ratchet-head, so as to cause the shafts 11 v15 to be connect-ed by the ratchet connection 13, this being effected b v a bar 2,0, (see Fig. 14,) supported on parallel-motion links and engaging with the front of heads 14, this b ar being operated by means hereinafter described.

From each register-shaft 15, except that for the highest denominations, a rod il passes back tlnough the hollow shaft 11 and carries nearl its rear end a lugory arin 22, that serves spring whereupon" tll machine -frame brspl'i a stil his ent angular positions', ..r'acksa3v c 13,and 15) are provided, that slidein a framel support if land. are driven in one direction by springs 24 and have lugs23 23l straddling the corresponding bars 5, and one of said lugs engages a lever 25, pivoted on and connected i by spring 12 5 to the Corresponding controllerin the direction. of the arrow in Fig. S the lug 23-', engages said lever and will pick up and drive in said direction any of the controllerbars that may have been operated,- the beingstrong enough to overcome the action of the controller-bar springs 6.

Rack-bars23 are operated by mutilated pinion 2 9 'on a shaft '30, that is connected b y bevel-gears 13.1" and chain' 32 withthe operating-handle-,33 in obvious manner. The icarryingor accum,` latingv means 'compriselaplate ordogging device 34, arranged alongside-of each controller-bar 5, except the onef'oflowest denomination, and resting normall'yin the position `"shown in Fig. 7, with a` `or tooth 35 on the lower sideA thereof on lorie' side of a double incline or shoulder on the "top of a stopplate 36', fixed in position in the 4 Another lug 37 y on this plate engages withilthe'other side ofy said stop-plate,'a third lug 3S engages under and i nl; of an incline or 39011 the correspondcontroller or rack bar', and a fourth lug 40 ged hy the arm or lug-22 on theregisterin; i nextlowerdenomination.

Normallyi cracks 23 are out. of engaging relationyvith he 'pinion 29, being pulledv over A23". engages the yends of niqv'pjdog'ging-plates 34 and press Ai/Vhenghe" handle iis turned, the pinion, 29 is rotated into engagement-with the racks23 and carries .the same in arrowA in Fig. illfinally the cutaway. para ofvlthe, 1 'pinion-is reached; L r i ,n gs24 pullthebars 23 backV to normal position.z cut-away parts of the pinion'29 are arranged indifferso as toj-:rel'ease vthe ecutively or successively. vThe operation the registering and 'carrying' 'mechansmas above described is as folioivs: .Keys having been depressed vto set or reject certain 'slides .in certain 'of the denominational' groups and the controller-bars having been Athereby released and thrown overlby their springs until they are arrested in corresponding positions without moving the! register 'on account of thev pawl-andviaclietfconnection' 12 13, the operator turns "handle, -thereby driving all rack-bars 23 l" ecton of the arrow in Fig. S and"`pick next lower denomination.

thereon against the stop-plate 36,

the direction of thev bar engages with a lever ed -a pusher-plate 47, riding on a fixed frame- .register in operative relation.

, tion of the clutch 30 is subsequently operated, a lug 50, Fig. 14,

inupvand resetting all of the controllerbaisand setting the register forward correspondingly. The clogging-plate has, however, been held by its lug 37 from following the controller-bar inits spring-actuated movement of the controller-bar itself.' lf,

l z however, the nextv lower denomination has bar 5,-'so that as the said rack-bar 23 1s moved during this particular operation passed the zero or tens point, the arm or lug 22 on the lower shaft will engage the clogging-plate 34 and press same endwise, so as to lift and slide the (logging plate over the shoulder 36. Then when the controller bar 5 is reset, which on account of the different angular position of the release portions ofthe resettingpinions will not be until after the operation of the next lower shaft, the lug or incline39 thereon does not engage the lug 33; but the controller-bar is allowed to move one step farther until a part. of said bar (shown at 5,

Figs. l7 and 8) engages the stop-plate 36. The corresponding register-wheel is thus moved one step farther to carry one from the Then as the'corresponding reset-rack 23slips ofl` its pinion spring 6 quickly drives controller-bar 5 back to its normal position, withits shoulder 5 (see Fig. 8) resting against the detent-latch 7, and thus withdraws hook 39 sufficiently from lug 38 to enable the reset-bar 23 by its lug 23 to press the dogging-'plate 34 back to normal position, its tooth riding over the inclined top of plate 36. As the reset-racks 23 must be given sufficient movement to provide for the extra movement of the controller-bars, the yielding intermediate device 25 is required, so as to enable' the controller-bars to be normally arrested short of this maximum movement without interfering with the further movement of the reset-rack.

' To operate the engagingor clutch means for theregister, a'hand e or thumb-piece 43 is'p'rovided, havingfast on its shaft a pinion 44,"engaging a rack-bar 45. A pin on said 46, to which is pivotplate 1 of the register and engagingwhen moved in one direction with the end of retaining-bar 20, above referred to, to connect the The normal osition of this handle or thumb-piece is such l that the rack-bar holds pusher-plate 47 away from bar 20 to allow the springs 19 to move thev heads 14--away from ratchet-wheels 12 and cut off the operative connection of the register. When the rack-bar 45 hasbeen moved by thumbieee 43 to cause connecevice and the reset-shaft rojectionA 4 5 from t e bar to normal po- A pin 48.

in said, shaft engages a said rack-bar to restore siton and .disconnect the register.

classi sliding in the pinion44, is pressed by spring l controlled by the registering devices to limit 48 into engagement with a notch 49 (see Fig. the movement of the operating means'tor the `16) 'in the fixed trame-plate 1` when the parts are in normal position.l When the y, thereby caused "to project beyond the pinion-v thumb-piece-or handle 43 is shifted in the opposits` directioiitothat above described, this pm rides/out oi'said notch, and its other end is tbody'into the pathot the lug 5() on the reset- 48"y will snap'finto the notch 49 and hold the ting-shaft 30, so that inthe next operation of the mainliandle 33 this lug 5() Will strike the pin 48 and'turn'thepinionfrack, and thumbback to normal position, whereupon the pin parts inposition by frictional resistance.'k

At series 'of recorder-bars 51 are' shown engaging theplmons 52 on the controihng-shaf'ts A11, so aste'be shifted in accordance with the movement ofsaid shafts underthe control of thel keyboard, said bars being provided With type and a platen or hammer impression means 53 being provided to cooperate with such type. The bar above referred to serves also as a recording-bar, being provided with special type or marks indicating the kind ot' purchase-for example, Paid, Ex., (exchange) C. O. 1).,7 85e. Normally the bar may be in position to print the ma'rk Exchange and the register 1s disconnected; but if the thumb-piece be turned to bring the mark Paid into osition to be printed the pusher-plate 4,7 will engage with the retaining-bar 20 and the register will be connected until the bar is reset by lug 5() engaging with a projection. 45". .On moving the bar 45 in the other direction for marking other special kinds of purchase' the register .will remain disconnected and the bar will be resct by lug engaging with gin 45.

Register-shaft 150i highest enomination connects by one-toothed gear 55 and gearwheel '56 (see Fig. 12) with a wheel 57, Flg. 6, that carries the summation one or more denominations highen-To give a greater accumulative capacity for a single wheel, the wheel 57 is' provided with two circumferenytial rows of numerals, one consisting of two series of consecutive digits, zero to nine, and the ot-her of a series of zeros and a series of ones. Holes (indicated by dottedlines 59)in frontof the respective rows enable both rows to be read simultaneously, the rotation being` such as to lirst read a zero of the second row, followed by a digit of the first row, and then when nine is passed reading one in the second r'ow followed by a digit in the first row.

Having thus described our invention, what 'we claimas new thereingand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of a plurality of registering devices of different denominational' value, a plurality of operating means for the respective registering devices, pawl-andratchet connections between theoperating means and the registering devices, and means registering devices ot higher denominations and for allowing extra movement of such operating means when the lower registering devices pass the zero-point.

2. The combination of a plurality ot register-shaftsa plurality of operating shafts, sliding controller-bars, geared to said operatingshafts, dogging means for limiting the movement of said controller-bars and -means connected to the register-,shafts to controloperation of such'dogging means for the controllerbars of next higher denomination.

3. The combination of a plurality ot' register-shafts,'a plurality of operating-shafts connected thereto by paWl-and-ratchet connections', sliding controller-bars, geared to said operating-shafts,fdogging means for limiting the movement of said controller -bars and trol operation of such dogging means for the controller-bars of next higher denomination. 4. The combination of a plurality ot register-shafts, a plurality of operating-shafts connected thereto by pawl-and-ratchet connections, controller-bars geared to said operatingshafts, springs for moving said controllerbars in one direction, keyboard meclmnism -i`or determining the extent of said movement, handle-operated reset mechanism lor moving said bars in succession in the opposite direction, dogging devices for the controller-bars determining t-he extent of their reset movement and means operated by the registershafts to release said dogging means for the 'controller-slides of next higher denomination point.

5. The combination of a plurality of register-shafts, a plurality of operating-shafts connected thereto by pawl-aml-ratchet connections, controller-bars geared to said operatingshafts, springs for moving said controllerbars in one direction, keyboard mechanism for'determining the extent of said movement, handle-operated reset mechanism for moving said bars in succession in the opposite direction, dogging devices for the controller-bars, fixed stopping means cooperating with said clogging devices for determinin the extent ot the reset movement, and means operated by the register shaft to release said dogging means by pushing it over said stopping means,

' for the controller-slides of next higher denomination when the said register-shafts pass the zero-point. l

6.. The combination of a plurality ot register-shafts, operating-shafts connected thereto by pawl-and-ratchet connections. controller-bars geared to said shafts, keyboard mechanism and opera ting means cont rolling the movement of said controller-lnirs in or".

direction, reset means for movi ng said hars in reversedirection, iixed stopping means and means connected tothe register-shafts to con- IOO when the said register-shafts pass the ZerolIO ' tion, dogging dogging devices Jfor the controller-bars and engaging normally With one side of said fixed stopping means and means Connected to thel respective register shafts for pushing said connected thereto by paWl-and-ratc et connections, controller-bars geared to said operating-shafts, springs for moving said controller-bars in one direction',` keyboard mechanism for determining the extent of said movement, handle-operated reset mechanism comprising a yielding connectionjfor moving said bars in succession in the opposite direcdevices for the controller-bars determining' the extent of ltheir reset move-l ment and means operated by the registershafts to release said (logging means for the controller-slides of next higher denomination when the said register-shafts pass they zeropoint. y

8. The 'combination of the rack-bars of a registering device and a resetting device,pro vided with engaging' parts ca able of being disengaged from each other w en the resetting device has moved the registering device back to its normal osition.

9. The combinatlon with a pluraiity of registering devices and their operating-means, of pawl-and-ratchet -connectlons between said parts having members slidable into and out of engagin T relation and means engagingthe said slidable members to disconnect the reg- A istering devices.

ISAAC S. DEMENT. FOSTER J. HULL.l

Witnesses: C. N. FAIRoHiLD,

NELSON FAIRCHILD. 

